If nutrition imbalance is more important to causing cancer than chemical carcinogens—if our diets can turn cancer on and off—then cancer is something for which individuals possess some responsibility. Responsibility is not a bad thing; indeed, responsibility means empowerment. It means we have the power to control our health, through the simple act of choosing what we eat, rather than submit ourselves to random circumstance. But that power is not much comfort to those whose family and friends have already succumbed to disease. Third, there are too many jobs, careers, and structures at stake.
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